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Revisiting Jimmy Carter's truth-telling sermon to Americans

  • Written by David Swartz, Associate Professor of History, Asbury University
Employees at a gas station in Los Angeles watch President Jimmy Carter giving his energy speech over national television on July 15, 1979.AP Photo/Mao

Nearly 40 years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter went on national television to share with millions of Americans his diagnosis of a nation in crisis. “All the legislation in the...

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